2026-27 NBA Power Rankings

All 30 teams ranked.

Updated Nov 11, 2026, 3:34 AM ET

At a glance

Rating moves, last 10 games

Biggest gain: +87rating pts; Warriors
Biggest drop: −90rating pts; Hornets
Biggest one-game swing: −22rating pts; Raptors; Lost 118–102 to MEM

Best matchups

This week: HOUvsDEN; HOU won 110–100
Last week: DETvsLAL; LAL won 121–116

Rankings

Based on 25,000 simulations, 13% into the season.

Playoff chancesLower oddsHigher odds

						Playoff Chances
Rank	Team
1	Spurs9-2	Last 10 games: Elo up 36	1703	27	61.1	99%	22%
2	Knicks6-4	Last 10 games: Elo down 21	1668	20	56.5	98%	16%
3	Thunder8-3	Last 10 games: Elo down 29	1665	13	58.1	97%	12%
4	Celtics9-2	Last 10 games: Elo up 59	1648	24	57.6	99%	12%
5	Pistons7-3	Last 10 games: Elo up 26	1628	tied for 8	55.3	97%	8%
6	Lakers10-2	Last 10 games: Elo up 43	1627	21	55.3	94%	7%
7	Timberwolves8-3	Last 10 games: Elo up 38	1616	22	52.7	89%	5%
8	Rockets8-3	Last 10 games: Elo up 42	1613	tied for 3	53.4	90%	5%
9	Nuggets5-4	Last 9 games: Elo down 16	1573	17	47.5	74%	2%
10	76ers9-3	Last 10 games: Elo up 10	1568	5	50.7	92%	3%
11	Trail Blazers7-3	Last 10 games: Elo up 46	1566	tied for 8	48.5	76%	2%
12	Cavaliers5-6	Last 10 games: Elo down 9	1546	6	45.4	80%	2%
13	Warriors8-3	Last 10 games: Elo up 87	1528	14	45.8	65%	<1%
14	Hawks7-5	Last 10 games: Elo down 43	1521	26	43.9	75%	<1%
15	Raptors5-5	Last 10 games: Elo down 15	1509	25	41.5	65%	<1%
16	Suns4-6	Last 10 games: Elo down 15	1498	1	40.2	41%	<1%
17	Hornets4-7	Last 10 games: Elo down 90	1490	tied for 18	38.6	54%	<1%
18	Heat5-6	Last 10 games: Elo down 5	1486	23	40.1	58%	<1%
19	Magic3-7	Last 10 games: Elo down 55	1484	11	38.7	53%	<1%
20	Clippers2-8	Last 10 games: Elo down 58	1458	7	34.3	20%	<1%
21	Mavericks7-4	Last 10 games: Elo up 59	1452	tied for 18	37.0	26%	<1%
22	Grizzlies7-3	Last 10 games: Elo up 83	1427	30	34.7	18%	<1%
23	Pelicans4-7	Last 10 games: Elo down 4	1417	28	30.8	10%	<1%
24	Bulls1-8	Last 9 games: Elo down 35	1354	2	25.1	7%	<1%
25	Pacers3-8	Last 10 games: Elo down 41	1341	29	24.6	5%	<1%
26	Wizards4-7	Last 10 games: Elo up 23	1336	16	26.0	7%	<1%
27	Bucks1-10	Last 10 games: Elo down 50	1336	tied for 3	23.3	5%	<1%
28	Nets2-8	Last 10 games: Elo down 8	1328	12	23.3	4%	<1%
29	Kings1-10	Last 10 games: Elo down 49	1327	15	21.5	<1%	<1%
30	Jazz1-10	Last 10 games: Elo down 43	1287	10	18.4	<1%	<1%

Trend: Elo change over each team’s last 10 games (all games so far until a team has played 10)
SoS Rk: SoS Played Rank
Title: Win Finals

Battle for No. 1

Who has held No. 1 in our rankings this season, day by day.

Rank comparison

Our rank beside Sagarin, TeamRankings, Massey and ESPN, sorted by their consensus (the average of their ranks).

Rank 30Rank 1

					The other sites
Rank	Team
1	Spurs9-2	1	1.3	We rank them higher by 0.3	1	1	2	1
2	Thunder8-3	3	1.8	We rank them lower by 1.2	2	2	1	2
3	Rockets8-3	8	3.8	We rank them lower by 4.2	3	3	4	5
tied for 4	Celtics9-2	4	5.0	We rank them higher by 1.0	6	5	6	3
tied for 4	Timberwolves8-3	7	5.0	We rank them lower by 2.0	4	4	5	7
6	Lakers10-2	6	5.5	We rank them lower by 0.5	5	8	3	6
7	Knicks6-4	2	7.5	We rank them higher by 5.5	9	6	11	4
8	Pistons7-3	5	8.3	We rank them higher by 3.3	8	7	9	9
9	Trail Blazers7-3	11	9.3	We rank them lower by 1.7	10	9	10	8
10	Warriors8-3	13	9.5	We rank them lower by 3.5	7	10	8	13
11	76ers9-3	10	10.3	We rank them higher by 0.3	12	11	7	11
12	Nuggets5-4	9	11.8	We rank them higher by 2.8	11	12	12	12
13	Cavaliers5-6	12	13.3	We rank them higher by 1.3	14	13	16	10
14	Mavericks7-4	21	14.3	We rank them lower by 6.7	13	16	13	15
15	Hawks7-5	14	15.0	We rank them higher by 1.0	16	15	15	14
tied for 16	Raptors5-5	15	16.8	We rank them higher by 1.8	15	14	17	21
tied for 16	Grizzlies7-3	22	16.8	We rank them lower by 5.2	17	17	14	19
18	Heat5-6	18	17.8	We rank them lower by 0.2	18	18	19	16
19	Suns4-6	16	18.5	We rank them higher by 2.5	19	19	18	18
20	Magic3-7	19	20.5	We rank them higher by 1.5	21	21	23	17
21	Pacers3-8	25	21.3	We rank them lower by 3.7	20	20	25	20
tied for 22	Clippers2-8	20	22.8	We rank them higher by 2.8	22	25	21	23
tied for 22	Wizards4-7	26	22.8	We rank them lower by 3.2	23	22	24	22
24	Pelicans4-7	23	23.3	We rank them higher by 0.3	24	24	20	25
25	Jazz1-10	30	24.8	We rank them lower by 5.2	25	23	27	24
26	Hornets4-7	17	25.0	We rank them higher by 8.0	26	26	22	26
27	Nets2-8	28	26.8	We rank them lower by 1.2	27	27	26	27
28	Bulls1-8	24	28.5	We rank them higher by 4.5	29	28	29	28
29	Kings1-10	29	29.0	Agree	28	30	28	30
30	Bucks1-10	27	29.5	We rank them higher by 2.5	30	29	30	29

Guru: Power Rankings Guru
SAG: Sagarin
TR: TeamRankings
MR: Massey